Luke Littler is the newly-crowned Grand Slam of Darts champion (Image: Getty)
‘s career earnings are pushing £1million after Sunday night’s triumph at the Grand Slam of Darts. But the 17-year-old’s celebration plans prove that he has not changed a bit since bursting onto the scene just under a year ago.
With levels of natural talent that many of his darting rivals could only dream of, Littler openly admits that he does not have to put in gruelling hours of practice in order to be at his best.
Just like plenty of other youngsters, Littler would often rather be gaming on his Xbox than putting in hard graft on the board. His EAFC 25 habit makes up part of the down-to-earth persona which captured the nation at the 11 months ago, where he celebrated each victory with a kebab en route to the final.
And not much has changed after banking £200,000 from that tournament, £315,000 from winning Darts, £150,000 from his Grand Slam victory over Martin Lukeman and a host of other cash injections throughout his debut year on tour.
Luke Littler goes into the Players Championship in scintillating form (Image: Getty)
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Fresh from destroying Lukeman 16-3 in Wolverhampton, host Emma Paton asked Littler what he would be doing to celebrate. “I’ll probably just go home and play on my Xbox for a bit,” he said. “Just chill. And then, obviously, it’s a long drive to Minehead.”
Littler heads down south for his next tournament at the Players Championship this weekend, where another £120,000 in prize money will go to the winner. ‘The Nuke’ could climb even higher than his current position of fifth in the world rankings if he continues his meteoric rise ahead of the next world championship in December.
“I can’t wait to play in both of them [tournaments],” he told . “I’ll get home, have three days off and then it’s back on the road to Minehead. But I’m looking forward to the Players Championship, hopefully I can go deep in that competition as well, and then it’s just all eyes on the big one.”
Littler is aiming to avenge the defeat he suffered against Luke Humphries in the last World Darts Championship final. He will head to the Ally Pally in red-hot form and with a year of experience under his belt, in which he has proved that he can torment the world’s best.